Boost to development of online trading in Serbia – iPay See to start issuing electronic money in early November
Namely, up until now, it wasn't possible for residents of Serbia to trade between each other using e-money, which drastically slowed down the development of online paying in the country. Neither PayPal nor other large world services are registered at the NBS as e-money institutions, meaning that transaction through them within Serbia are not allowed.
A step forward was made recently, however, when the local company iPay See became the first e-money institution in Serbia by the decision of the National Bank of Serbia. Electronic money, as they say in the company, might provide a good alternative for local online traders who find banking services and procedures expensive and insufficiently flexible.
As Marko Petrovic, the company's marketing director, says for eKapija, the license is “the first and one of the most important steps towards enabling us to provide services to clients”.
The issuing of e-money, iPay See announces, will begin as soon as early November, by which time online traders will have linked and tested the services needed.
Clients will initially be able to “buy” money at one of the distribution spots, and the online issuing of money will be made possible by the end of the year at the latest. Once the client buys e-money, they can use it by entering the E-MONEY PIN and the final three verification digits in internet stores which have signed agreements with iPay See.
It's important to emphasize that there is a legal limit to this type of payment, which equals RSD 15,000 per transaction.
Clients will, of course, have their e-money at their disposal at any moment, which can be used for purchase in internet stores or, alternately, can be cashed in at spots indicated at the website or paid to the bank account as per the client's instructions, the company says.
Furthermore, in late 2016 or early 2017, iPay See will offer the digital wallet service through apps for iOS, Windows Mobile and Android.
One of the reasons for insufficient presence of online trading in Serbia is clients' lack of trust. When asked how safe the technology and clients' money are, in iPay See they say that they've chosen Asseco SEE as the IT partner and add that they're using a platform with the latest technological security and service availability features.
– Integration API presents REST web services to traders, widely used nowadays thanks to the simplicity of implementation. The interfaces can be used through the HTTPS protocol, providing full security in communication – Petrovic says.
The marketing director of iPay says that the advantage of electronic money is that it isn't tied to an account and that the only potential threat is to the assets on the virtual payment instrument.
– Of course, iPay enables users to block their assets through the website at any time – he emphasizes.
Talking about further plans, Petrovic says that “iPay is a young company, with less than year of activity behind it, although its founder has been present in the regional IT market for over 20 years.
– Our plans are primarily to aid the local e-trade and enable citizens and traders to pay quickly, easily and safely.
Milos Vlahovic
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